as in heavy
one of high position or importance within a group
a heavyweight in the U.S. Senate, he has a lot of clout in judicial confirmations
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Recent Examples of heavyweight
The Nomadland and Eternals filmmaker was introduced by Hollywood heavyweight Steven Spielberg — a co-producer on the movie through Amblin Entertainment — ahead of the screening at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Saturday.
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
The Voice Of Hind Rajab isn’t a starry project, but Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Alfonso Cuaron and Jonathan Glazer are among heavyweights to get behind the feature as executive producers.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Even conservative parties that have historically supported Boluarte turned against her recently, joining the push to remove her from office, Reuters reported – including Rafael Lopez’s Popular Renewal and Keiko Fujimori’s Popular Force, both political heavyweights.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
Starmer was accompanied by a delegation of British film industry heavyweights, including representatives from the British Film Institute, British Film Commission, Pinewood Studios, Elstree Studios and Civic Studios.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Rice has long been thought to be the missing piece for a return to the Chiefs’ trademark explosive offense — one capable of going toe to toe with heavyweights like the Lions.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
The market appeared to be derailed by a report from online news outlet The Information that questioned whether one of the key players in the recent AI runup, Oracle, has the ability to successfully finance its commitment to buy chips from another AI heavyweight, Nvidia.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
Jane Fonda is joining forces with more than 500 celebrities and Hollywood heavyweights to defend free speech.
—Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
Yet a crew of Silicon Valley heavyweights managed to engineer a presidential walk-back — directly, not just through strategic appearances on Maria Bartiromo.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
The Voice Of Hind Rajab isn’t a starry project, but Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Alfonso Cuaron and Jonathan Glazer are among heavyweights to get behind the feature as executive producers.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Even conservative parties that have historically supported Boluarte turned against her recently, joining the push to remove her from office, Reuters reported – including Rafael Lopez’s Popular Renewal and Keiko Fujimori’s Popular Force, both political heavyweights.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
Starmer was accompanied by a delegation of British film industry heavyweights, including representatives from the British Film Institute, British Film Commission, Pinewood Studios, Elstree Studios and Civic Studios.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Rice has long been thought to be the missing piece for a return to the Chiefs’ trademark explosive offense — one capable of going toe to toe with heavyweights like the Lions.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
The market appeared to be derailed by a report from online news outlet The Information that questioned whether one of the key players in the recent AI runup, Oracle, has the ability to successfully finance its commitment to buy chips from another AI heavyweight, Nvidia.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
Jane Fonda is joining forces with more than 500 celebrities and Hollywood heavyweights to defend free speech.
—Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
Yet a crew of Silicon Valley heavyweights managed to engineer a presidential walk-back — directly, not just through strategic appearances on Maria Bartiromo.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavyweight
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The shift to bonds may indicate investors are rebalancing to keep their asset allocations from getting too stock-heavy, Austin said.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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One heavy gets punched so hard that his glass eye pops out and rolls into a mousehole.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Not only did San Diego State graduate its three regular bigs – Kim Villalobos, Adryana Quezada and Cali Clark – from the Mountain West Tournament champions, point guard and leading scorer Veronica Sheffey transferred through the portal to TCU.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Oct. 2025
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All five players will need to be involved, and that is where the bigs enter the conversation.—
Eric Nehm,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Heavyweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heavyweight. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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